Treasure Island

Treasure Island (1990)

Sail the high seas. Battle the pirates. Live the adventure.

Young Jim Hawkins, while running the Benbow Inn with his mother, meets Captain Billy Bones, who dies at the inn while it is beseiged by buccaneers led by Blind Pew. Jim and his mother fight off the attackers and discover Billy Bones' treasure map for which the buccaneers had come. Jim agrees to sail on the S.S. Hispaniola with Squire Trelawney and Dr. Livesey to find the treasure on a mysterious island. Upon arriving at the island, ship's cook and scallywag Long John Silver leads a mutiny of crew members who want the treasure for themselves. Jim helps the Squire and Hispaniola officers to survive the mutiny and fight back against Silver's men, who have taken over the ship.

Date of release
1990-06-07
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (160)
Runtime
2h 11m
Genres
Adventure, Family, TV Movie
Director
Fraser Clarke Heston

Casting

  • Charlton Heston — Long John Silver
  • Christian Bale — Jim Hawkins
  • Oliver Reed — Billy Bones
  • Christopher Lee — Blind Pew
  • Richard Johnson — Squire Trelawney
  • Julian Glover — Dr. Livesey
  • Isla Blair — Mrs. Hawkins
  • James Cosmo — Redruth
  • Pete Postlethwaite — George Merry
  • John Benfield — Black Dog
  • Steven Mackintosh — Dick
  • Richard Beale — Mr. Arrow

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